2009年6月12日星期五

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Miliband nearly quit last week: report (AFP)

Posted: 12 Jun 2009 04:35 PM PDT

Foreign Secretary David Miliband, seen here on June 9, 2009, indicated in an interview Saturday he nearly quit in a wave of resignations which left Prime Minister Gordon Brown fighting for his job last week.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - Foreign Secretary David Miliband indicated in an interview Saturday he nearly quit in a wave of resignations which left Prime Minister Gordon Brown fighting for his job last week.

Ahn hits wrong kind of birdie at LPGA Championship (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Jun 2009 04:21 PM PDT

Reuters - Ahn Shi-hyun's drive on the ninth hole at the LPGA Championship on Friday hit a robin, killing the unfortunate bird in a puff of feathers.

Arise, Sir Dracula! Queen knights Christopher Lee (AP)

Posted: 12 Jun 2009 04:06 PM PDT

AP - The Lord of the Undead is now a knight of the British Empire.

Kadhafi no-show leaves Italian deputies standing (AFP)

Posted: 12 Jun 2009 03:41 PM PDT

Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi blows kisses to the audience after delivering a speech during a meeting with 700 women from the business, political and cultural spheres in Rome. Kadhafi's three-day official visit to Italy drew to a close Friday with fresh controversy after he failed to show up to address deputies in the Italian parliament.(AFP/Christophe Simon)AFP - Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi's three-day official visit to Italy drew to a close Friday with fresh controversy after he failed to show up to address deputies in the Italian parliament.

Susan Boyle back on stage after stint in London clinic (AFP)

Posted: 12 Jun 2009 02:28 PM PDT

A image obtained in April 2009 from ITV shows Susan Boyle appearing on Britain's Got Talent. Boyle was back on stage Friday for the first time since being rushed to a London clinic suffering from exhaustion two weeks ago.(AFP/ITV/File)AFP - Singing star Susan Boyle was back on stage Friday for the first time since being rushed to a London clinic suffering from exhaustion two weeks ago.

British oil hostage freed in Nigeria: armed group (AFP)

Posted: 12 Jun 2009 02:04 PM PDT

This undated photo, released by MEND militants, shows British oil worker Matthew Maguire. Maguire, held hostage for over nine months in Nigeria's oil rich south, was Friday handed over to Nigerian government officials, the region's main armed group said.(AFP/HO/File)AFP - A British man held for nine months in Nigeria's oil-rich south was finally released Friday, months after his abductors claimed they had rescued him from another armed group.

American student testifies at Italian murder trial (AP)

Posted: 12 Jun 2009 02:00 PM PDT

US murder suspect Amanda Knox testifies during a hearing in the Meredith Kercher murder trial, in Perugia, Italy, Friday, June 12, 2009. Knox and her former Italian boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, are on trial for the murder of Knox's British roommate, student Meredith Kercher, found dead in the house they shared in Nov. 2007. (AP Photo/Stefano Medici)AP - An American college student accused of murdering her British roommate in Italy testified for the first time on Friday, offering an alibi for the night of the 2007 killing and saying police beat her into making a false statement in the case.

Prince Charles rapped over London barracks plan (AFP)

Posted: 12 Jun 2009 01:53 PM PDT

Prince Charles, seen here in May 2009, was criticised by one of the world's leading architects Friday, who accused him of lobbying Qatar to get a planned modern building in central London dropped.(AFP/POOL/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - Britain's Prince Charles was criticised by one of the world's leading architects Friday, who accused him of lobbying Qatar to get a planned modern building in central London dropped.

US student has her day in Italian court over sex-murder (AFP)

Posted: 12 Jun 2009 01:34 PM PDT

US student Amanda Knox has accused police of forcing false statements out of her after she was arrested over the 2007 sex-murder of her British housemate in central Italy.(AFP/Tiziana Fabi)AFP - American student Amanda Knox exuded confidence Friday as she rejected charges that she helped kill her British housemate after group sex play turned violent in an Italian university town.

Murray reaches first Queen's semi-final (AFP)

Posted: 12 Jun 2009 01:32 PM PDT

Scotland's Andy Murray booked his first Queen's semi-final appearance with a 7-5, 6-3 victory over America's Mardy Fish on Friday.(AFP/Glyn Kirk)AFP - Top seed Andy Murray booked his first Queen's semi-final appearance with a 7-5, 6-3 victory over America's Mardy Fish on Friday.

Gadhafi lectures Italians on women's rights (AP)

Posted: 12 Jun 2009 01:05 PM PDT

Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi signs a picture of himself, at the end of a meeting with hundreds of prominent Italian women in a concert hall in Rome, Friday, June 12, 2009. Gadhafi, on his first visit to Italy, has met with the country's top officials and also faced angry protests over his human rights record and treatment of migrants during a speech at Rome's university. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)AP - Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi gave Italians a contradictory take on women's rights Friday, criticizing Islam's treatment of women but then suggesting it should be up to male relatives to decide if a woman can drive.

Quotes from testimony of US student (AP)

Posted: 12 Jun 2009 11:52 AM PDT

AP - Excerpts from the testimony of Amanda Knox, the U.S. student on trial for murder and sexual assault in the 2007 slaying of her British roommate. Knox took the witness stand Friday in Perugia, Italy, where she is being tried with her ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito of Italy, and testified sometimes in English, sometimes in Italian, according to her choice.

UK's Cambridge awards Bill Gates honorary degree (AP)

Posted: 12 Jun 2009 10:42 AM PDT

Bill Gates, founder of The Microsoft Corporation, breaks with tradition by wearing an open neck shirt, as he poses with his wife Melinda, at Cambridge University, after they were both made honorary Doctors of Law, during a ceremony at the University, in Cambridge, England, Friday June 12, 2009. The couple, nine years ago set up a scholarship programme, and gave the university more than 100 million pounds (US$ 165.5 million: euro 117 million) to enable outstanding foreign graduates to study at Cambridge.(AP Photo/Chris Radburn-pa)AP - Billionaire Bill Gates has picked up an honorary degree from Britain's Cambridge University.

Drugmakers rush to produce a swine flu vaccine (AP)

Posted: 12 Jun 2009 09:33 AM PDT

AP - With swine flu now an official pandemic, the race is on among drugmakers to produce a vaccine.

UN climate chief confident of global warming pact (AP)

Posted: 12 Jun 2009 09:17 AM PDT

AP - U.N. climate delegates completed their first rough sketch of a new global warming agreement Friday, a draft replete with gaps and competing ideas that await decisions by political leaders.

Putin sends 85th birthday wishes to Bush Sr. (AP)

Posted: 12 Jun 2009 09:15 AM PDT

AP - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has sent a telegram wishing former U.S. President George H.W. Bush a happy 85th birthday, saying he deserves to be considered among the "most authoritative" world leaders.

Prince Charles victorious over army barracks plan (AP)

Posted: 12 Jun 2009 08:11 AM PDT

Golf legend Nick Faldo and veteran horror actor Christopher Lee, seen here in 2008, were both made knights in Queen Elizabeth II's birthday honours list released Saturday.(AFP/File/Abdelhak Senna)AP - Developers who wanted to build a glass-and-steel tower on the site of a former army barracks in London said Friday they have abandoned their plans in the face of opposition from Prince Charles.

Real `Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds' gravely ill (AP)

Posted: 12 Jun 2009 07:23 AM PDT

FILE- This is a 1967 handout image from Parlophone of The British group, The Beatles,. From left, are: Ringo Starr, John Lennon, Paul McCartney; and George Harrison. The woman who as a child was the basis for the Beatles song 'Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds' is gravely ill. It was thought by many at the time that the psychedelic song from Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart Club Band was a paean to LSD because of the initials in the title, but it was actually based on a drawing that John Lennon's young son Julian brought home from school. He told his father the drawing was of Lucy in the sky with diamonds. Lucy Vodden, now living in Surrey just outside of London — drifted apart after schoolyard days, but they have gotten back in touch as Lennon has tried to help Vodden cope with Lupus, a life-threatening disease. (AP Photo/ho) NO SALESAP - They were childhood chums. Then they drifted apart, lost touch completely, and only renewed their friendship decades later, when illness struck.

NATO extends anti-piracy mission off Somalia (AP)

Posted: 12 Jun 2009 06:14 AM PDT

NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, right, shares a word with U.S. Secretary for Defense Robert Gates, center, and the new top commander for Afghanistan American General Stanley McCrystal during a round table meeting of NATO defense ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Friday June 12, 2009. NATO defense ministers say they have decided to continue the alliance's anti-piracy patrols off the Horn of Africa when the current mission ends later this month. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)AP - NATO will keep a counter-piracy flotilla off the Horn of Africa, where international patrols have been key to preventing attacks in one of the world's busiest sea lanes, the alliance's top official said Friday.

Ex-British PM Margaret Thatcher breaks arm in fall (AP)

Posted: 12 Jun 2009 05:12 AM PDT

FILE -- This is a Saturday, March 8, 2008 file photo of Baroness Thatcher the former British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher. Baroness Thatcher is recovering after breaking her arm in a fall. Thatcher's office says the 83-year-old politician fractured a bone in her upper arm after tripping at home early Friday, June 12, 2009. She was treated at London's Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and released. Britain's first female prime minister, Thatcher led Britain from 1979 until 1990. (AP Photo/Sang Tan/file)AP - Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher broke her arm in a fall Friday and was being kept in hospital for observation, her office said.

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